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Scottish Coastal Clean Up - Isle of Skye

August 26, 2024Alasdair Mitchell

We had an amazing weekend on the Isle of Skye working as part of the Scottish Coastal Clean Up Initiative. A charity based in Scotland with the aim of cleaning...

Recycling 1700kg of Rope and Net from 6 Scottish Islands to make the new Orka Ocean Plastic Pot.

March 21, 2024Alasdair Mitchell

Ocean Plastic Pots have been working together with The Scottish Islands Federation Marine Litter Working Group, Skye Beach Cleans, and The Scottish Coastal Clean Up to recycle rope, fishing net, and marine...

Isle of Ulva Beach Clean - 5 Tons Removed

February 08, 2023Alasdair Mitchell

In April 2022 - 26 volunteers organised by Caledonian Horticulture spent 4 days on the Island of Ulva near Mull on the West Coast of Scotland.The little island has a...

Ghost Gear removed in Teeside

July 10, 2021Alasdair Mitchell

It was an early start for me yesterday as I went back to collect a ghost net from Teeside that I couldn't reach the day before...Of the 10,000 tons of...

World Ocean Clean Up day 2021

July 02, 2021Alasdair Mitchell

World Ocean Clean Up day 2021 Ocean Plastic Pots was in Granton in Edinburgh yesterday for The Big Beach Clean event, cleaning all the beaches from Edinburgh to Berwick ahead...